V. Sue Cleveland High School Concert Choir

Jadira Flamm director

The V. Sue Cleveland High School Concert Choir includes 40 select ninth through twelfth-grade students with a minimum of one year of choral experience. The CHS Choral Department was founded in 2009, the same year that the school opened its doors to the public. The department has grown to four choirs in the past five years, which now include Concert Choir, Bella Voce (Advanced Women’s Choir), Mixed Choir, and Electric Blue Show Choir. Choral members take pride in themselves in being well-rounded individuals. Its membership includes members of the National Junior Society and participants in The Athletic Department. They also take advantage of multiple enrollment of music classes. In addition, many students are involved in their community, local church music, and outreach ministries.

Named “New and Emerging Teacher” in 2011 and the “Music Educator of the Year” 11 years later as selected by the New Mexico Music Educators Association, Jadira Flamm is the choral director at Cleveland High School, where she’s been since the school opened its doors in the summer of 2009.

Jadira Flamm has always been a singer, mostly in church and is also a vocalist and piano player with a Christian group “The Matthew Project.” She obtained her undergraduate degree in music from New Mexico State, not far from her home in Sunland Park, and followed that with a Master’s degree in music education from the University of New Mexico. She hopes her love for music and singing extends to her students.